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Peter Cook was close to winning 4 Melbourne cups, absolute champion

Alf Mathews and Magical Miss, 100-1 and Trevor Carter On ya boys Why not? 👋😂☘️

I thought Vain won a Melbourne Cup also, not memtioned if he did.

Until watching this I didn’t think Vain was such a good horse.

TONY & LITTLE HONDO. WHAT A COMBINATION. THE BEST.

This is my grandmother Marlene's brother my Nana has dementia now and I never met her brother so I'm watching this in absolute awe

One of the best

I read John Hawkes turned took no phone calls for a few days after Unworldly broke down. Heart breaking

I’m calling Rubiton better than Sobar

I absolutely love that he took home Think Big and Hyperno

I agree with Harry. Don’t expect money, do it for the love of the horses and industry

Have you got the episode John did with Darren Gauci at his home to post

My partner since 2006 is james munro .son of warren munro and grandson of Darby munro.. nice video ❤

Without doubt in the top 3 or 4 jockeys ever

Vain was the best sprinter I have ever seen, absolutely magnificent and that's an understatement. In late 2021, we rescued his great, great etc grand-daughter who had been tossed aside as worthless. After renaming her, she had a brief racing career in Queensland and now is a terrific brood mare and the mother of a Pierata filly. She is carrying her second foal sired by Top Ranked. We love her and are so glad we saved her life and are continuing Vain's lineage. The filly is ten months old today. ❤

Wonderful interview - Roy was a great jockey - rode many outstanding horses - Galilee, light Fingers, Biscay, Gunsynd, Taj Rossi - I am an old bugger and I saw all of them - many memories !

Any chance of uploading the episode of Darren Gauci you did at his home 🤞🤞

100 percent 😊

Great interview 👍. One of the best. It's a shame Johnny Duggan completely left the industry. He was a champion human being and a great jockey.

WOW WHAT A HORSE!

I was cheering for Georgie Porgie from the age of 12 years. The Punters adored him

LOVED that you spoke so highly of George Moore/ George Porgie

A gentleman.....

Love these wonderful old stories. Thank you John.

Unbelievable story, this is what racing is all about,❤

Great horseman and great story, well donw team

When I was a kid back in the 60's I strapped a horse, I think it's name was Prince Tirage, Jimmy came to Sydney and the trainer I worked for got Johnson to ride it, he got beaten on it but I have never see a horse come back to scale with so many welt marks on it, he hit it everywhere, even down the side of it's head...as a kid who loved his hose I was devastated for the poor horse, never seen that before or since and hope I never will

Ray Selkrig....couldn't make the weight? That shows how much "weights" have changed....Ray was hardly a heavy weight rider

This is a fantastic interview. Two genuine horse lovers reminiscing.

Champion jockey , but also a champion character. One of racing’s greatest careers. I saw him win at Randwick on Baguette as a kid. Dad backed it , too.

Legendaryman

I was talking to George a few years ago(you can see by my pseudonym, what I think of George) anyway I was talking to George and he was actually scared of riding in Melbourne, not scared of anything happening in a race but he was scared of the Stewards, Melbourne Jockeys could put vising jockeys over the fence and the visiting jockey would be the one that gets suspended To back up what George says there was a Race run in Melbourne, it would have been the early 70's it was only a small field, maybe 6 or 7 runners, from memory it might have been the C.B. Fisher Plate, it was over a mile and a half, the leader(and winner) was a horse called Scotch And Dry, it got out with a huge lead, maybe 30 lengths in front, Higgins was on Gunsynd, Peter Cook was on a horse called Stormy Seas, the rest were ridden by local Victorian Jockeys....after the race the Stewards called Cook in and asked why he let Scotch And Dry get out with such a big lead, why didn't he chase him? no questions for Higgins or any Melbourne Jockeys, it was the lone Sydney Jockey that "lacked initiative" he was suspended(I think for 2 months) Then there were the Protests Big Philou (Local) against Nausori (upheld, local wins) Travesty Marwong (Local) against Our Poetic Prince (upheld, local win) Another travesty and of course the double Protests against Choisir where they were both upheld and both locals won, even though it was down the straight and Choisir came down the inside and both Protestors came down the outside and Choisir bolted in, I remember the commentators comments at the time, "this is a frivolous protest and will be thrown out an the Jockeys will be fined for protesting, a total waste of their time...I knew they were wrong and it would be upheld, the grounds were always irrelevant I know there were many more that I can't remember the horse names but every protest in Melbourne where there is a Local and a Visitor, the Local always wins One more and I can remember the names of the Jockeys but not the horses, it was the Moonee Valley Stakes (now the Stutt Stakes)Craig Williams protested against Ricky Cartwright, get this...on the grounds of intimidation, the horses never touched but Craig said his horse felt "intimidated" how do you quantify how much ground that costs? even if it was a real thing? (Protest upheld, Local wins) Melbourne was a cesspool of corruption (or pure biased incompetence) to which there is no defense......for a long time There were a few others too but my point is, George was right, Higgins could put George over the fence and if George pushed back he would get suspended

George was the only Jockey I have ever seen who could win on horses that weren't good enough to win, their races, I remember very early in my punting career him winning a couple of Derbies both for TJ the first was 1962 on Summer Prince, Bogan Road was the best horse and had won the Rosehill guineas by 8 lengths, Bogan Road was by Wilkes(the sire of Vain) so the one chink in his Armour might be the distance if it was solidly run, Moore went straight to the front and run along, Bogan Road was forced to chase up the rise where Moore was waiting for him, Moore rested up the rise and when it looked like the fave had him, Moore had a kick in the locker, Bogan Road had spent what little chance he had going up the rise, no doubt who was the best horse, Bogan Road! Then the very next year Moore road Summer Fiesta, he went back to stone motherless last, then about the 800 he took off and went around the field and was 4 in front by the time they reached the 600, he then coasted around the turn and up the rise, because he was so far in front the fave Castanea had to chase from a long way out, he chased full bore up the rise, again George still had powder to burn, Castanea could not sustain a 600 metre run, no doubt who was the best horse, Castanea! They were just two rides that stick in my memory, Moore did it all the time, never been any other jockey before or since that even comes close P.S. The rise is no longer there, they replaced it with a speed bump that you would not even notice, the old Rise was like a mountain in comparison

back in that era so many horses wore rings, today no horse wears rings and yet today jockeys ride so short that they ALL ride on the horses mouth, you would think rings would be a greater asset today than it was back then, does anyone know if they have been banned? can't think of a reason why they would be

Fancy someone saying 'i hope he falls' anyone in racing knows that is a disgraceful thing to say, no matter how much you may have a beef with that person.

Another great interview with a great Australian. He really has lived more than a full life and 80years and feels like he can go round again, good for him.❤

A great interview with JT, I got to see Mr Duggan ride in the late 70's and 80's, he was a true gentleman. I was very sad to learn that Mr Duggan passed away earlier this year, rest in peace Mr Duggan and thank you for the memories. Cheers Gary

Pretty sure Edgar's second wife was the Widow of Neville Sellwood another great Australian Jockey whose wins included Melbourne Cups and English Derbies

I'll never forget the 1969 Golden Slipper, I hadn't been married long and thought Special Girl was a good thing but....my wife thought Vain was unbeatable and she wasn't a punter but unbeknownst to me, she put my wages on Vain, she was that confident, she was always Cool, calm and collected during the race, it was after that race that she showed me the ticket(TAB betting back then), I wasn't sure whether to be mad or happy, I went with happy....after the Slipper I was a die hard fan (of my wife) and Vain of course!

This was a great interview. So real and very sad about Jamie. I loved how he said he was proud of all his children.❤

Such a great interview. Jt does his homework and is so respectful. Its just a joy to watch these real gentlemen and Aussie legends.❤

It was on a cloudy Thursday in 1976 when I saw the best ride ever at Flemington. It was the Oakes and Denise's Joy had drawn barrier 16. Going out of the straight jockey John Duggan had her one out and one back. On the home turn the short priced favourite , trained by CS Hayes, had shot 3 lengths clear. Denise's made the turn very awkwardly and Duggan was horizontal in the saddle for 50 meters. He managed to balance her and set after the leader grabbing her in the shadows of the post. It still remains to me as the most unforgettable moment in racing. She won at 16/1.

Remarkable man. RIP Jimmy

Right up there as 1 of the best ever

Physically lifted Rain Lover over the line in 1969

Well I was a 10 year old at the time , and his winning ways got me interested in the Thoroughbreds , and I still follow the game 54 years later , not many could have done what he did and it's good to know his blood is still out there , he is a benchmark in horse racing imho , and I thank the horse for giving me the interest of my life time

May very well have been the best sprinter ever but staying sound it would've been a formality

Most brilliant horse i have seen since the mid sixties. Never saw Todman. Sorry Winx, Kingston Town, Dulcify. In an era when they put great horses in races they might get beaten in , unlike todays protected species.. Should probably never have started in the Sires at Randwick after a lot of rain and lack of trackwork. Vain was then thrown in as an early three year old over the toughest mile in Australia in the Mooney Valley Stakes with a strange jockey against the best performed Australasian post war horse ever to race in America , the mighty Daryl's Joy Cox Plate Derby only had four starts in Australia from memory. Glad i drove all the way to Widden in 1987 to see this absolute freak in 1987 before he died. TJSmith was speechless after the 12 length win in the Cravan A. Never seen that happen before with Tommy. I watched him win the Champagne at Randwick by 10 lengths in 1.92.Australian record for two year old. Col Tidy that great bookmaker punter always rated Vain as the best horse he had ever seen and he owned Zeditave 14 wins from 17 starts.

A very nice bloke who I had the pleasure of sharing a beer with once or twice. A very down to earth genuine person. RIP